Sand | Contemporary Artist: Artworks & Biography
Sand
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The seaside constitutes at the same time the pretext, the red thread of my plastic research and the raw material of the exchange with the spectator.
"I left the frenzy of the corporate world to come and live all year round on the shores of the Atlantic, where I paint as naturally as I breathe, taking the time to live every moment fully from now on." It is in these words that SANDrine Gergaud evokes her new life, combining changes of residence and career. Formerly an industrial designer in the Nantes agglomeration, in 2009 she decided to settle in the commune of Paimboeuf, located on the south bank of the Loire estuary and opened a workshop devoted to her research and artistic experiments, as well as to the exhibition and sale of her first paintings. Three years later, under the nickname SAND - which means sand in English and German - she enrolled at the Maison des Artistes and became a full-time painter.
Passionate about marine environment and the atmosphere that is so characteristic of the seaside, SAND works to collect, detail and hold onto snapshots of life. Armed with a palette of acrylics with resolutely soft tones, she likes to capture locals and holiday makers in their simple daily actions. Created based on a realistic outline centered more on the representation of a situation than on the accurate copy of an observed reality, the characters emerge from an evocative and uncertain background, where the horizon disappears in favour of an infinite landscape, which cannot be distinguished by outlines or destination. Bright and poetic, each scene then becomes the beginning of a narrative for the viewer, so that in turn "with its share of interpretation, personality and projection", it continues writing…
- France :
- 2021ExpositionSaint-Nazaire, France
- 2014Exhibition at the Semaphore of the Saint-Gildas PeakPréfailles, France
- 1993Degree in Industrial DesignNantes Atlantique Design School, France
- 1971BirthNantes, France
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Sand
Fluo du matin
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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trésors d'hiver
25 x 25 cm590 CAD

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Vent de fin de plage
25 x 25 cm590 CAD

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porteur guidé
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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équipe de plage rose
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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nous deux dans le vent frais
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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a nous deux, l'Atlantique
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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photographe en famille
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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Nous en bleu lichen
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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Serviette outre atlantique
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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Parapluies club
25 x 25 cm590 CAD

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Reflet en eau fraiche
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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passagère en algues vertes
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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Papa balade
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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soeurs aux pieds nus
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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Onirique de plage pour filles attentives
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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Copines en nuages salés
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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Marinière de lichen
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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balade de mi-saison
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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tennis de saison
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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maman de moussaillon
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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cirés sur algues vertes
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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Jeu de vagues en hiver
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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papa d'embruns
13 x 13 cm240 CAD

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regarder venir l'orage
25 x 25 cm590 CAD

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Youpi de mai en Atlantique
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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Sable hors saison
19 x 19 cm360 CAD

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foot ensablé
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

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Bicyclette iodée en mai
36 x 36 cm990 CAD

Sand
photographe et assistants de plage
36 x 36 cm990 CAD



